to ring a peal
To scold; chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal!
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to smack
To kiss. I had a smack at her muns: I kissed her mouth. To smack calves skin; to kiss the book, i.e. to take an oath. The queer cuffin bid me smack calves skin, but I only bussed my thumb; the justice bid me kiss the book, but I only kissed my thumb.
to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors for snuffing the candles: he who last pronounces that word word, is obliged to get up and perform the operation.--to be topped; to be hanged. The cove was topped for smashing queerscreens; he was hanged for uttering forged bank notes.
to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
to tup
To have carnal knowledge of a woman.
top diver
A lover of women. An old top diver; one who has loved old hat in his time.
tucked up
Hanged. A tucker up to an old bachelor or widower; a supposed mistress.
unfortunate women
Prostitutes: so termed by the virtuous and compassionate of their own sex.
up to their gossip
To be a match for one who attempts to cheat or deceive; to be on a footing, or in the secret. I'll be up with him; I will repay him in kind.
What is honour? a word. What is that word, honour? Air. (William Shakespeare)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
widow's weeds
Mourning clothes of a peculiar fashion, denoting her state. A grass widow; a discarded mistress. a widow bewitched; a woman whose husband is abroad, and said, but not certainly known, to be dead.
wife in water colours
A mistress, or concubine; water colours being, like their engagements, easily effaced, or dissolved.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. (Francis Bacon)
A wife's role changes as her husband ages
woman and her husband
A married couple, where the woman is bigger than her husband.
wrapt up in warm flannel
Drunk with spirituous liquors. He was wrapt up in the tail of his mother's smock; saying of any one remarkable for his success with the ladies. To be wrapt up in any one: to have a good opinion of him, or to be under his influence.